This year marks the 50th anniversary of the debut of the Austin Healey at the 1952 Earls Court Motor Show....
After a 15-year hiatus, organizers have recently announced a four-race Healey Challenge series will take pace in 2005, pitting American...
In the early 1950s, Donald Healey turned the British automotive industry on its ear with his affordable, mass-produced sports car, the Austin-Healey 100. Soon, other British manufacturers, such as MG and Triumph, were clamoring to come up with competitors to meet the world’s hungry demand. For the next 20 years,...
1955 Austin-Healey 100S It was as black as the inside of a coalmine as we left the comfort of the...
1968 Austin-Healey Sprite Prototype Many individuals and companies have an enviable record at Le Mans. However not many can match...
I had just been discharged from the Army and was pursuing my education with the help of the GI Bill. My Uncle Phil, who had just bought a new Austin Healey 100, invited me to go with him to a sports car race at Palm Springs. I didn’t know what...
Vicenzo Lancia’s eponymous company is 100 years old this year and, after much planning, a week of celebrations took place...
Mainstream media are chattering these days about “green” cars. Like it’s some new idea. Well, I’ve been a fan of...
May 2007 Double V-8 Dear Editor, I really enjoyed the Zephyr Special story in the February issue of Vintage Racecar and was thrilled to see mention of Eldred Norman’s Double V-8. Unfortunately, I didn’t see the Double V-8 racing in its heyday, but I can give some details from when...
This is the sad tale of my first chance to own a sports car and how I blew it—the chance,...
The Aston Martin Owners Club has announced its competitions schedule for 2008 which includes five key race meetings and eight...
From June 28 to August 3, 2008, at the Hopkins Center for the Arts, near Minneapolis, Minnesota, a very special exhibit of automotive fine art will be on display. Velocity: The Art of Motion, sponsored in part by the Guild of Motoring Artists will showcase over 50 automotive fine artists...
Over the years, Vintage Racecar has been fortunate to have been able to include the work of talented cutaway artist...
Over-2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of International Motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963, and the International Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included racing in the great endurance races such as the...
We all know that life isn’t a bed of roses and, sometimes, we are dealt the cruelest of blows. Don...
September 2008 Links to the Past Dear Editor, Your mag keeps getting better and better and I look forward to each issue. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes...
Foretelling the future is impossible, yet that is what executives in car companies have to do. When I was a...
1968 Lolita MkI & the 1969 Lolita MkII My first car was a British Motor Corporation Mini. I had just turned...
Pete Lyons You know how someone’s opposing opinion, one that seems inconsequential enough to let slide at the time, can keep gnawing on you ’til finally you just gotta explode? That’s what I’ve been nursing ever since a NASCAR telecast last year, when I heard announcer Darrell Waltrip say something...
1953 Austin-Healey 100 Is this the ideal sports car of the 1950s? The car that sparked thousands of people into...
Our South Pacific Editor, Patrick Quinn, recently caught up with ex-British Motor Corporation works driver John Sprinzel in Sydney, while...
Perhaps best known from his time as Competitions Manager of the British Motor Corporation, Marcus Chambers died in early August just short of his 99th birthday. With a father an admiral in the Royal Navy, Chambers’s early life was influenced by time living in Australia, Canada, and France, as well...
Today almost exclusively remembered as the genius behind the competition cars named for a road-running bird in the southwest, Jim...
Alfa Romeo enthusiasts around the world will mark the marque’s 100th anniversary on June 24, 2010, with celebrations from Italy to America to Australia. The official “factory” party will be held in Milan, with “satellite” celebrations scheduled for both the Alfa Romeo Owners Club’s annual convention in Frederick, Maryland, and...
Back in the June 2008 issue of Vintage Racecar we announced that two special 4-cylinder Austin-Healeys were being prepared in...
Cars of the Donald Healey Motor Company have developed an enthusiastic following the world over. The first Healey cars were bespoke vehicles available with standard body styles or available to be clad with the bodywork of your choice, until a 1952 joining with the British Motor Corporation led to the...